In the summer months there were few places Edinburgh locals would rather be than Portobello Bathing Pool.
If the weather was fair, the legendary lido would be splashing room only, with adults and children of all ages queuing up to have a shot of its slides, or daring one another to take a jump off of its lofty diving boards.
And when the artificial wave machine was turned on, and the raft brought out, memories were forged that would last a lifetime.
Opened in 1936, the Olympic-sized attraction enjoyed more than four decades of popularity back in the days before foreign package holidays became the norm and Portobello was one of the busiest seaside resorts in Britain.
It's recorded that the contents of the open-air pool were heated by waste water pipes running underneath from nearby Portobello Power Station, however, most memories of the attraction claim the water temperature was almost always toe-numbingly freezing.
Surrounded by a grandstand and restaurant, all of which was dressed in clean cut art deco, the pool was also considered an architectural gem, and many tears were shed when it was demolished in 1988.
While Portobello Bathing Pool has been consigned to history, there are scores of photographs out there that show it in its pomp.
Few images, however, show the pool in colour, making this wonderful collection, taken in 1957 and 1958 by late Edinburgh-born photographer John Brodie, very valuable indeed.
